I'll echo the opinion that the symbol for no audible release (U+031A) should have been a spacing modifier, not a combining diacritic. I'm pretty sure I've seen the same complaint from phoneticians. E… (View Post)
The pysilfont package has a script (https://github.com/silnrsi/pysilfont/blob/master/examples/psftoneletters.py) to draw tone letters and some ligatures. Alternatively, one can also have component gl… (View Post)
The print options in recent versions of FontLab are indeed woeful, but that’s a separate issue from getting every glyph out of a font tool and into a program like InDesign. The Glyphs script that Mic… (View Post)
I have not read him, but I am informed that one of the main defenders of Coster was Hessels: https://www.amazon.com/Haarlem-Birth-Place-Printing-Classic-Reprint/dp/1331964687 And there is this other … (View Post)
For the double-width marks, smart components help produce a set of different widths so they fit well over the base pair. I experimented with shifting them up/down by placing the base glyphs in height… (View Post)
There are several tiers of IPA:- current standard IPA, which should obviously be supported. These are the symbols defined in the latest IPA chart.- commonly symbols implied by the IPA chart, like the… (View Post)
I have found this web site tool to be quite useful when making IPA glyphs: https://unalengua.com/ipa-translate?ttsLocale=en-US&voiceId=Salli (View Post)
Thanks! I can’t put multiple lectures on the booking system simultaneously with the current Circle system, but you can follow the social media and get notified when the lecture about Hanzi will be up… (View Post)
Apart from the need to familiarise yourself with some probably unfamiliar letter shapes, these are some things to keep in mind: * Traditionally, IPA was almost always set in roman type, but increasin… (View Post)